71st Uttaradhikari of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam annoited on Akshaya Tritiya - 30th April 2025

Namaste,

On Akshaya Tritiya i.e. on 30-Apr-2025, Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Pitham and Matha Shankaracharya Sri Swami Shankara Vijayendra Sarasvati gave Sanyasa Deeksha to Duddu Satya Venkata Surya Subrahmanya Ganesha Sharma Dravid (approx 25 years). He is now known as Satya Chandrashekharendra Swamiji (Swami Satya Chandrashekharendra Sarasvati) (refer Anugraha Bhashya in Hindi, jump to 7.29 mins).

Sanyasa Diksha Vidhi started on 30-04-2025 at 5:30 AM

5:30 AM - Vidhi Prior to Diksha at Sri Kanchi Kamakshi Ambal Devasthanam

6:30 AM onwards - Sanyasa Diksha Samaroha at Pancha Ganga Teertham, Sri Kanchi Kamakshi Ambal Devasthanam

Entire Tentative Schedule

He has also announced him as his successor and the 71th Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham and Matham. He will be anointed as Shankaracharya on 2nd May 2025, on the divine occasion of 2,534th Jayantī of Jagadguru Śrī Ādi Śankarāchārya jī (Adi Shankaracharya Jayanti).

Please find photos of his initiation into Sanyasa

Shri Ganesha Sharma Dravid getting Sanyasa Diksha from Kanchi Shankaracharya on 30-04-2025

Shri Ganesha Sharma Dravid getting instructions for holy dip in Pancha-Ganga pond

Shri Ganesha Sharma Dravid changing clothes to become a Eka Dandi Sanyasin (Monk of Adi Sankara Order), gets the blessed Dandi (wooden stick)

Swami Vijayendra Saraswati (Guru) blessing Dandi (Wooden Stick) with mantras and other rituals

Passing of Dandi to Successor

Shri Ganesha Sharma Dravid getting initiated (Sanyasa Diksha)

Sanyasa Diksha Continues

Worshipping Guru (Final ritual at Pancha Ganga pond)

Guru Applying Tilak

Both Sitting on Peetham - Guru Accepting Gifts and honors by dignitaries

He is a Rig Vedic Scholar from Andra Pradesh. 

Ganesha Sharma was born to Duddu Dhanvantari and Alivelu Mangadevi, from Annavaram. Annavaram is a village in the Kakinada district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

He comes from from a deeply spiritual family with a lineage of Vedic Tradition. His father, Danvantari, serves as a first-class Pujari / Pandit at the renowned Sri Satyanarayana Swamy temple in Annavaram, Andra Pradesh. He has a sister. From Anugraha Bhashyam in Hindi, it looks like his sister's name is Soumya (unconfirmed).

Announcement

Sanyasa Deeksha Karyakram - Some glimpses as covered by the press 

Sanyasa Sweekara Mahotsavam - Photos

Official Annoucement from Kamakoti Website

Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetadhipati Jagadguru Pujyashri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamiji gave Sanyasa Deeksha to Sri Duddu Satya Venkata Surya Subrahmanya Ganesha Sharma Dravid at Shri Kamakshi Ambal Devasthanam in Kanchipuram on the banks of the Pancha-Ganga pond in the early hours of 30th April - the auspicious day of Budha (बुध) - Rohini- Akshaya Triteeya. The new Acharya was given the deeksha name as ‘Satya Chandrashekarendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamiji’.

Source

Ref: https://www.kamakoti.org - See Recent Announcements in Footer Section

Shri Ganesha Sharma Dravid becomes Satya Chandrashekarendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamiji, graces the devotees along with his Diksha Guru Swami Vijayendra Saraswati ji Maharaj

Source

श्री कांची कामकोटि पीठाधिपति जगद्गुरु पूज्य श्री शंकर विजयेंद्र सरस्वती शंकराचार्य महाराज जी - अनुग्रह भाष्य / शिष्य स्वीकार - हिन्दी / संस्कृत

Shishya Svikara Ceremony was published by the official YouTube Channel of Kanchi Matha - Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, Kanchipuram

Please find the video of announcement of successor below in Hindi and Sanskrit

सन्यास दीक्षा कार्यक्रम ३० अप्रैल २०२५ - श्री कांची कामकोटि पीठाधिपति शंकराचार्य जी का अनुग्रह भाषण

संन्यासदीक्षा कार्यक्रमः- Anugraha Bhashanam of Pujya Kanchi Shankaracharya Swamiji in Sanskrit

Full Shishya Svikara Ceremony (7+ hours Video on YouTube). Jump to 33:45 mins 

Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam Sanyasa Deeksha Karyakram Akshaya Tritiya - 30th Apr 2025

Hari OM

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